Dancing With Feedback: Inquiry-based Feedback and Teacher Learning

The challenges of giving and receiving feedback are regular topics in the popular and business press. This widespread interest in and use of feedback is based upon an assumption that receiving feedback will result in improved performance. A review of the literature indicates that the reality is more complex and that while some feedback does improve performance, much does not. This study explored the use of a feedback protocol, adapted from the world of dance, used by students and faculty in a Master of Arts in Teaching program to provide feedback on student practice teaching sessions. Through focus groups, document review and in-depth interviews with ten of the faculty and students involved, this study sought to understand how participants experienced learning the protocol, in what ways they perceived it to be different from previous experiences of feedback, and how they described the impact of this feedback process on their teaching practice. In analyzing the data resulted in three prominent themes emerged: well qualified and experienced teacher-educators underwent significant learning through engaging with the inquiry-based protocol, the teachers and students in this study found the protocol to be fundamentally different from even the most well-intentioned approaches they had experienced in the past, and the protocol alleviated many of the problems of unequal power present in other feedback experiences described by the participants

Rapid liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry method for the determination of a broad mixture of pharmaceuticals in surface water

Herein, a new method for the detection of 13 different pharmaceuticals and one metabolite in surface water at low ng/L levels is described. The method utilizes ultra performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry and a solid-phase extraction sample preparation. Mean method detection limits were low (4.10 ng/L) and overall solid-phase extraction recovery and reproducibility was adequate (mean recovery, 77.9%; mean RSD, 7.3%). The method allows for quick run times and minimal solvent use as compared with other previously reported high performance liquid chromatography-based methods. Application of this method for the detection of pharmaceuticals in Tennessee River surfacewater determined that caffeine, sulfamethoxazole, and carbamazepine were frequently detected (100% of samples). Trimethoprim was moderately detected (30% of samples); acetaminophen, atorvastatin, and lovastatin were infrequently detected (10% of samples); and ciprofloxacin, diltiazem, fluoxetine, levofloxacin, norfluoxetine, ranitidine, and sertraline were not detected. This study reports the first detection of lovastatin in surface water

The Grizzly, December 7, 2023

Spring 2023 Recap • Fall 2023 Recap • Farewell From the News Editor • Farewell From the Web Editor • Students Surprise With Spotify Wrapped Lists • 2023 Crossword • Reflections From Ursinus\u27 December Graduates • Ursinus Athletics Fall 2023 Recap: Men\u27s • Ursinus Athletics Fall 2023 Recap: Women\u27shttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/2024/thumbnail.jp

The Impact of Operation Bushmaster on Medical Student Decision-making in a High-Stress, Operational Environment.

INTRODUCTION: Operation Bushmaster is a high-fidelity military medical field practicum for fourth-year medical students at the Uniformed Services University. During Operation Bushmaster, students treat live-actor and mannequin-based simulated patients in wartime scenarios throughout the five-day practicum. This study explored the impact of participating in Operation Bushmaster on students\u27 decision-making in a high-stress, operational environment, a crucial aspect of their future role as military medical officers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A panel of emergency medicine physician experts used a modified Delphi technique to develop a rubric to evaluate the participants\u27 decision-making abilities under stress. The participants\u27 decision-making was assessed before and after participating in either Operation Bushmaster (control group) or completing asynchronous coursework (experimental group). A paired-samples t-test was conducted to detect any differences between the means of the participants\u27 pre- and posttest scores. This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at Uniformed Services University #21-13079. RESULTS: A significant difference was detected in the pre- and posttest scores of students who attended Operation Bushmaster (P \u3c .001), while there was no significant difference in the pre- and posttest scores of students who completed online, asynchronous coursework (P = .554). CONCLUSION: Participating in Operation Bushmaster significantly improved the control group participants\u27 medical decision-making under stress. The results of this study confirm the effectiveness of high-fidelity simulation-based education for teaching decision-making skills to military medical students

The Grizzly, September 14, 2023

Good Samaritan Policy Changes: Good Ideas? • Changes Across Wismer • Student Handbook Changes • Letter From the Editor • Hello From the News Editor • ODA\u27s Peer Mentor Program • Meet SGA President: Ben Douglas • Opinions: Upper Wismer\u27s Wonderful New Eats • Editor Introductions • UC Soccer on Fire! • Bears\u27 Football Comes Out of Hibernation With a Head of Steamhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/2014/thumbnail.jp

Solution based prompt inorganic condensation and atomic layer deposition of Al₂O₃ films: A side-by-side comparison

A comparison was made of Al₂O₃ films deposited on Si via prompt inorganic condensation (PIC) and atomic layer deposition (ALD). Current–voltage measurements as a function of annealing temperature indicate that the solution-processed PIC films, annealed at 500°C, exhibit lower leakage and roughly equivalent breakdown strength in comparison to ALD films. PIC films are less dense than as-deposited ALD films and capacitance–voltage measurements indicate a lower relative dielectric constant. On the basis of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, it is found that the 500°C anneal results in the formation of a ~6 nm thick interfacial SiO₂ layer at the Si interface. This SiO₂ interfacial layer significantly affects the electrical performance of PIC Al₂O₃ films deposited on Si.This is the publisher’s final pdf. The published article is copyrighted by the American Vacuum Society and can be found at: http://scitation.aip.org/content/avs/journal/jvsta

Improved oxidation resistance of organic/inorganic composite atomic layer deposition coated cellulose nanocrystal aerogels

Cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) aerogels are coated with thin conformal layers of Al₂O₃ using atomic layer deposition to form hybrid organic/inorganic nanocomposites. Electron probe microanalysis and scanning electron microscopy analysis indicated the Al₂O₃ penetrated more than 1500 μm into the aerogel for extended precursor pulse and exposure/purge times. The measured profile of coated fiber radius versus depth from the aerogel surface agrees well with simulations of precursor penetration depth in modeled aerogel structures. Thermogravimetric analysis shows that Al₂O₃ coated CNC aerogel nanocomposites do not show significant thermal degradation below 295°C as compared with 175°C for uncoated CNC aerogels, an improvement of over 100°C.This is the publisher’s final pdf. The published article is copyrighted by the American Vacuum Society and can be found at: http://scitation.aip.org/content/avs/journal/jvsta

The Grizzly, November 1, 2001

Students Join Together to Take Back the Night • World-Renowned Composer, Arranger and Educator will Unite the Ursinus Campus in Song this Weekend • Ursinus Students Celebrate the Haunting Holiday with Local Children • Understanding Biological Terrorism • UC Groups Clean up the Environment • Professor Valerie Martinez Named a Commonwealth Speaker • Opinions: Community Service for all Campus Organizations?; Your Patriotic Duty: Voting Guarantees Your Freedom; Inspirational Take Back the Night • Faustus a Devilishly Good Play • Cost of the Midnight Munchies • RHA Sponsors Spades Tournament • Farewell Game Leaves Bears Women\u27s Soccer Kicked by Mules •XC Digs in at Centennial Conference Meet • Dale Named Centennial Conference Player of the Week • Duncan Becomes All-time Leader in Rush • Volleyball Downed by G-M • Bears Brush Away Colgate • Muhlenberg Strikes Yet Again • Bears Football Kicked by Muhlenberg\u27s Mules, 23-20https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1499/thumbnail.jp